LEAVING THE TABLE 歌词翻译

LEAVING THE TABLE
离开木桌

Words and music by Leonard Cohen

I'm leaving the table
I'm out of the game
I don't know the people
In your picture frame
If I ever loved you
It's a crying shame
If I ever loved you
If I knew your name
我离开木桌
我退出游戏
我不认识
你相框中的人
如果我爱过你
真是太糟了
如果我爱过你
如果我知道你的名字

You don't need a lawyer
I'm not making a claim
You don't need to surrender
I'm not taking aim
I don't need a lover
The wretched beast is tame
I don't need a lover
So blow out the flame
你不需要律师
我没有提出索赔
你不需要投降
我没有瞄准
我不需要爱人
可怜的野兽温顺
我不需要爱人
所以吹熄火焰吧。

There's nobody missing
There is no reward
Little by little
We're cutting the cord
We're spending the treasure
That love cannot afford
I know you can feel it
The sweetness restored
无人缺席
也没有奖励
渐渐地
我们割断束缚
我们耗尽财富
而爱情可贵
我知道你能感受到
那恢复的甜蜜

I don't need a reason
For what I became
I've got these excuses
They're tired and lame
I don't need a pardon
There's no one left to blame
I'm leaving the table
I'm out of the game.
我不需要为如今的自己
寻得一个理由
我曾有过的借口
它们陈腐又蹩脚
我不需要得到原谅
没有人留下来责备
我离开木桌
我退出游戏。

官网论坛粉丝的评论：
Susy：
Thank you Leonard and Adam
for sharing all this beautiful Lyrics with us !
By now I most love * Leaving the Table * ,
and he Music to this is so intense !

otavio1996：
I loved the poems, and they left an impression on my mind even before I listened to the songs. The most intriguing seemed to me to be 'Steer your way'.

As for the music, my favourites were 'Treaty' and 'Leaving the Table'. His singing in 'Leaving the Table' is so heartbreaking!
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DBCohen：

As we’ve been pointing out, “table” is a very meaningful word for LC, but the association of gambling does seem to stand out in this case (“I’m out of the game”). I would like to write about this motif in LC’s work sometime, as it pops up very often (cards, dice, horses and so on); it must have held special importance for him. Those who went to the “final” concerts in Las Vegas in December 2010 (which turned out not to be final, as he resumed the tour a year later) would remember him wishing us all “good luck at the tables” (it didn’t work for me).

The line “If I ever loved you” also takes me back to “Did I Ever Love You” on the PP album. “Table” appears there too (“Are we still leaning / Across the old table”), and chillingly in hindsight, “November” (I think that this other song can also be interpreted both ways).